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Cut user from pwd result [message #182258]

Fri, 14 July 2006 00:49

kmsalih
Messages: 197
Registered: March 2006

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Hi,

pwd will give the current directory.

Example

/home/user/dir1

I want to cut user from the pwd result.

The length of the username will change.

Is it possible?

Regards
Salih

[Updated on: Fri, 14 July 2006 01:17]

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Re: Cut user from pwd result [message #182290 is a reply to message #182258]

Fri, 14 July 2006 03:34

Frank Naude
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Registered: April 1998

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Try:

echo ${PWD#/home/user/}

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Re: Cut user from pwd result [message #182592 is a reply to message #182290]

Mon, 17 July 2006 03:49

kmsalih
Messages: 197
Registered: March 2006

Senior Member

Hi Frank,

echo ${PWD#/home/user/}

The command you had posted is same as pwd command.

I want to cut only username from the result of pwd command

Regards
Salih KM

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Re: Cut user from pwd result [message #182619 is a reply to message #182592]

Mon, 17 July 2006 06:48

tarundua
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Registered: June 2005
Location: India

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Run the following

 $ pwd | cut -d "/" -f3

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Re: Cut user from pwd result [message #182673 is a reply to message #182619]

Mon, 17 July 2006 09:31

Frank Naude
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Registered: April 1998

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Well, it should work. Here is an example:

$ DIR=/home/user/dir1
$ echo ${DIR#/home/user/}
dir1

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Re: Cut user from pwd result [message #182860 is a reply to message #182673]

Tue, 18 July 2006 07:42

kmsalih
Messages: 197
Registered: March 2006

Senior Member

Thanks to tarundua and Frank.

Both are working.

Tarundua's answer satisfied my requirement.

$pwd 
/home/oracle
$pwd | cut -d "/" -f3
oracle

Regards
Salih KM

[Updated on: Tue, 18 July 2006 07:47]

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Re: Cut user from pwd result [message #182939 is a reply to message #182258]

Tue, 18 July 2006 18:09

lmraochodisetti
Messages: 2
Registered: July 2006
Location: mumbai

Junior Member

HI,
u will do simply like.
$ basename \home\user
it gives the user name.ok

eg: $ BASENAME \home\naani > some variable
result : naani.

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